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I was probably seven or eight months pregnant, standing at the front of the room after teaching a barbell class, when one of my regulars said something along the lines of, “You’re almost ready to have that baby and your planks still look better than mine.” I took the compliment. Because, well… thank you very much- I'm a bad ass pregnant mama to

We expect toddlers to wobble, fall and try again. Then somewhere along the way, adulthood gets weird. If you’ve been waiting until you’re good enough at yoga for Teacher Training, we need to talk about what good at yoga actually means.

You can usually tell when something isn’t going to stick. Not right away, but somewhere in that second or third week, when the excitement has worn off just enough and real life starts creeping back in. The schedule shifts, energy dips, something unexpected lands in your day, and suddenly the plan that felt so solid a week ago feels…

You can usually tell right away that something just isn’t clicking. It's not super obvious, and it's not because you suddenly stop what you’re doing. It’s more subtle than that. You’re following along, doing your best to keep up, and then there’s that small moment where you realize… you don’t actually know what you’re supposed to be doing. You

You can usually tell within the first few seconds. Not because anyone says anything, and not because it’s obvious. It’s just… a feeling.You walk in, and it’s like everyone else got a memo you didn’t. They know where to put their mat. They don’t hesitate. They’re not looking around trying to figure it out. They just go. And you pause, even if

You’re sitting at your computer, maybe halfway through answering emails or scrolling through something that was supposed to take five minutes and somehow turned into thirty. Your shoulders have crept a little closer to your ears, your jaw is doing that subtle clenching thing, and your breath feels… shallow. It's not super obvious. It's not

You walk into the room, unroll your mat, glance around, and suddenly become hyper aware that everyone else seems to know exactly what they’re doing. The teacher moves gracefully from one pose to the next, the people around you follow along without hesitation, and you find yourself doing that thing where you keep one eye on the instructor and

There’s something that happens in class that I never get tired of watching. Someone is standing there while we talk about alignment. Nothing dramatic. No heavy weights. No complicated yoga pose. Just standing. And then we make a small adjustment. Maybe the rib cage softens a little. Maybe the pelvis comes back underneath the body. Maybe the

There’s a very specific moment that almost no one talks about out loud. You’re in the grocery store, halfway down the cereal aisle, and you feel a cough building. Or maybe you’re in your driveway, the cold air hits your lungs, and you know a sneeze is coming. It happens quickly, almost automatically, the tiny mental math that takes place before